Hair-wringing machine.



w. H. RUEPING. HAIR WRINGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1916.

1,250,666." Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

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W. H. RUEPING.

HAIR wnmcme MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29- 19l6.

1,250,666. I Patented 1m 1 ,1911.

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To'aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAMH: RUEPING, a citizen of the United States-,residing' at Fonddu Lac,-in the county of-Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have'invent'ed-certaiu new and useful Improvements in Hairringing Machines, of whichthe following is a specification. 1 The object of this invention'is to 'provide an improvedmac-hine' for wringingwater from wet hair, wool andotller similar materials preparatoryto placing such materials in a-drying apparatus.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a. vertical longitudinal central sectional view of a machine embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation of the machine. end elevation; Fig. 4 is a sectional: view taken in the plane of dotted linea4:4 of Fig. 1. Y

The embodiment herein shown-of-this in vention comprises an endlessapron or con veyer 1- arranged in an inclined position. While the conveyer maybe ofany suitable construction, it preferably comprises two endless chains 2, thelinks of which are con nected by metal slats 3. The chains 2 are supported by the driving sprocket wheels 4 and the idler sprocket wheels 5. Between the Wheels land 5 the chains are kept from sagging by means of rails 6 and idlers 71 The idler sprocket wheels 5 are mounted upon a shaft 8, which shaft is journaled in bearing boxes 9 that are adjustable by means of screws 10 to take up slack in the conveyer. The sprocket wheels 4 are fixed upon a shaft 11 which may be driven in any suitable manner. Herein I have shown aspur gear wheel 12 (Fig. 2) fixed upon the shaft 11 and meshing with a pinion 13. The pinion 13 is secured upon a shaft 14. On the shaft 14c is a spur gear wheel 15 that meshes with a pinion 16 (Fig. 1) on the drive shaft 17. 18 is the drive pulley.

As hereinbefore stated, the conveyer is arranged in an inclined position. Hair, wool or the like may be placed upon the lower portion of the conveyer between the side guards 1 by any suitable means, and Wlll be carried upwardly by the conveyer to the wringing means. While the wringing mean may be of any suitable character, that herein illustrated comprises two sets of pressure rolls. Both sets are or may be identi- Fig. 3 is-arear cal in construction. In the present embodiment Oflil'lG-IIIVGHUOII, each set consists'ofla rigid roll '19" supportedbelow the upper.

Specification of Letters latentrj 7' 18 1-9137.. Appllcat i onfildNovember291916i' Sei'ia1 No; 134;059r l runof-the conveyeranda yieldable roll20 located'above; thefc'onveyer." The roll 19,

which maybe of metal, is herein shown as mounted *u'pon' ashaft 21. The upper roll 20 is preferably provided with a rubbercover 22. The lroll' 20is"fixed* upon a. shaft 23 which is journale'd'in bearing boxes 24 that are slidable toward and away from the roll 19. The beari'ng boxes 24 are mounted in guideways 25, and are yieldingly" pressed toward the roll 19 byn1eans compnsing a yoke 26, 1ods'27 and compression springs 28. The rolls '19 and 20'be'aragainst-opposite sides of the slats '3 and squeeze water from the hair Or other materials carriedby the slats. Thewater escapes through the spaces between the slats. Any suitable-"an rangement'may'be provided to allow the water 'to drain away'from the machine! After. passing etween eachset of rolls 19 and 20, the layer-ufhairon the conveyer is broken up and transformed-"into a fluffymass by meansof heaters 29, one beater being located behind each roll 20. The beaters also serve to strip" from the rolls" 20 5 any hairi 7 While thethat may cling to said-rolls. heaters may be of any preferred construction, that herein illustrated-comprises aplu rality of blades rigidly secured together, the blades being of the same length as the rolls 20. The beaters are rotatably supported so that the blades rotate close to the rolls 20. The heaters 29 may be driven in any suitable manner. HereinI have shown a gear wheel 30 (Fig. 2) fixed upon the drive shaft 17 and meshing with a pinion 31. Rigid with the pinion is a sprocket wheel 32 that car ries a sprocket chain 33 which runs over a sprocket wheel 34.- fixed to one of the journals of one of the heaters 29. A chain 35 (Figs. 1 and 321 communicates power from said beater to t e other beater. 36 i a belttightening idler.

Each beater 29 is supported in bearing boxes 37 which are adjustable by means of screws 38, thus providing means for properly locating the heaters with relation to the rolls 20.

The rolls 20 and beaters 29 are covered by a housing 39 which is continued rearwardly over the conveyer and leads to a discharge hopper or spout 40. The housing 39 I 44 beneath the rear end of the conveyer.

The casing 4A communicates at 45 with the lower end or outlet of the discharge spout 40. The air blast issulng from the casing 44 carries the hair to the desired point, as,

for example, to a drying machine (not shown). a a I 3 The fan shaft is provided with a pulley 46 (Fig.3) by means ofwhich the fan is driven from a suitable source of power.

The beater 4:1 is driven from the beater 29 through a chain 47.

In operation, the water that is squeezed from the hair by the first roll 20 escapes through the openings between the slats and therefore does not wash the approaching hair away from said roll. After passing through the first set of pressure rolls, the position of the hair on the conveyer is changed by the first beater, hus enabling the second set of pressure rolls to express water more effectively than if the position of the hair was not changed. The second and third heaters transform the pressed hair into a fluffy, quick-drying mass.

Thefan being located outside the path of the hair, the latter does not impair or interfere with the operation of the fan.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents, each, by addressing the For the sake of brevity, the term hair will be used in the following claims to denote hair, wool and similar material:

I claim as my invention 1.. A hair-wringing machine having, in combination, an endless conveyer for hair, a rotary beater for removing hair from the discharge end of the conveyer, a-spout into the upper end of which the hair is discharged by the beater, and a fan for discharging an air blast into the lower portion of the discharge spout for blowing the hair from said spout, said fan being located beneath the discharge end of the conveyer and outside the path of the hair. a

2. A hair-wringing machine having, in combination, an endless conveyer for hair, two sets of pressing rolls arranged successively to wring hair advanced by the conveyer, and a rotary beater located between said sets of rolls forchanging the position of the hair on the conveyer and for stripping hair from one roll of the set that operates first.

3. A hair-wringing machine having, in combination, an endless conveyer for hair, two sets of wringing devices arranged successively to wring hair advanced by the conveyer, and a device located betweensaid sets of wringing devices for changing the position of the hair on the conveyer, said position-changing device operating in close proximity to the set of wringing devices that operates first, and serving to strip hair from said set of wringing devices.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM H. RUEPING,

Washington, D. G.

Commissioner rrfi Eatents, 

